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Mitch Hawker coaster polls 2012-13

[tt]RANK THE FOLLOWING RIDING SENSATIONS <-LEAVE THIS LINE AS IS
Sensation of Speed_________________________,y,y,1
Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_,y,y,2
Floating Airtime___________________________,y,y,3
Abrupt Airtime_____________________________,y,y,4
Lateral Forces_____________________________,y,y,5
Positive G's/Loops_________________________,y,y,6

COASTER NAME PARK LOC <--Please leave this
My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,y,1
Troy Toverland NL,y,n,2
Colossos Heide Park DE,y,n,3
Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park DE,y,y,4
Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR,y,y,5
Joris en de Draak W de Efteling NL,y,n,6
Joris en de Draak V de Efteling NL,y,n,7
Mean Streak Cedar Point OH,y,n,8
Megafobia Oakwood UK,y,n,9
Wild Mouse Blackpool UK,y,y,10
Robin Hood Walibi World NL,y,n,11
Loup Garou Walibi Belgium BE,y,n,12
Coaster-Express Parque Warner Madrid ES,y,y,13
Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool UK,y,n,14
Big Dipper Blackpool UK,y,y,15
Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,n,16
Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,n,17
Grand National Blackpool UK,y,y,18
Blue Streak Cedar Point OH,y,n,19
Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ,y,n,20
Tomahawk Port Aventura ES,y,n,21
The Bandit Movie Park DE,y,n,22
Anaconda Walygator Parc FR,y,n,23
Blue Flyer Blackpool UK,y,y,24
Cyclone Luna Park NY,y,n,25
Stampida Port Aventura ES,y,n,26[/tt]


The two additions this year are Wodan & Coaster Express. The two changes are moving Zeus higher up as it was running on top form when I last visited Asterix. I have also moved Grand National a lot lower as the ride is too jolty to really enjoy it these days.

I am going to get a head start on my steel ballot tomorrow
 
I wouldn't get too ahead of yourself with a steel ballot just yet - it's possible there could be big changes to it this year, though nothing is confirmed at the moment.
 
The main part I am doing is making sure I have all my steel coasters in one ordered list. I'm not worrying too much about the format at the moment
 
Come on people, get the ballots in, only a day left until the official poll closes!!
 
Better late than never, here's mine!

[tt]COASTER NAME PARK LOC
My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,n,1
El Toro SFGAd NJ,y,n,2
Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park DE,y,y,3
Megafobia Oakwood UK,y,n,4
Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,n,5
Wild Mouse Blackpool UK,y,n,6
Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA,y,n,7
Grand National Blackpool UK,y,n,8
Big Dipper Blackpool UK,y,n,9
Hurler Kings Dominion VA,y,n,10
The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA,y,n,11
Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ,y,n,12
Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR,y,y,13
Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool UK,y,n,14
The Bandit Movie Park DE,y,y,15
Ghoster Coaster Kings Dominion VA,y,n,16
Blue Flyer Blackpool UK,y,n,17[/tt]

My top 4 or 5 are pretty much right, after that though it is slight guesswork!

:)
 
Here's Me:

[tt]My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,y,1
Troy Toverland NL,y,y,2
Wild Mouse Blackpool UK,y,y,3
Joris en de Draak W de Efteling NL,y,y,4
Joris en de Draak V de Efteling NL,y,y,5
Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park DE,y,y,6
Grand National Blackpool UK,y,y,7
Big Dipper Blackpool UK,y,y,8
Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool UK,y,y,9
Blue Flyer Blackpool UK,y,y,10
The Bandit Movie Park DE,y,y,11
Antelope Gulliver's World UK,y,n,12[/tt]
 
I realised I haven't done mine this year yet :p

[tt]COASTER NAME PARK LOC <--Please leave this
My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,y,1
Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park DE,y,y,2
Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR,y,y,3
Megafobia Oakwood UK,y,n,4
Grand National Blackpool UK,y,y,5
Wild Mouse Blackpool UK,y,y,6
Antelope Gulliver's World UK,y,n,7
Big Dipper Blackpool UK,y,y,8
Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool UK,y,y,9
Blue Flyer Blackpool UK,y,y,10[/tt]
 
Did mine a while back, but forgot to post it on here:


[tt]RANK THE FOLLOWING RIDING SENSATIONS <-LEAVE THIS LINE AS IS
Floating Airtime___________________________,y,y,1
Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_,y,y,2
Sensation of Speed_________________________,y,y,3
Positive G's/Loops_________________________,y,y,4
Abrupt Airtime_____________________________,y,y,5
Lateral Forces_____________________________,y,y,6

COASTER NAME PARK LOC <--Please leave this
My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,y,1
Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park DE,y,y,2
Colossos Heide Park DE,y,n,3
Joris en de Draak W de Efteling NL,y,y,4
Joris en de Draak V de Efteling NL,y,y,5
Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool UK,y,n,6
Big Dipper Blackpool UK,y,n,7
Blue Flyer Blackpool UK,y,n,8
The Bandit Movie Park DE,y,y,9
Grand National Blackpool UK,y,n,10
Wild Mouse Blackpool UK,y,n,11[/tt]
 
Just submitted mine on time! ;D

COASTER NAME PARK LOC <--Please leave this
RANK THE FOLLOWING RIDING SENSATIONS <-LEAVE THIS LINE AS IS
Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_,y,y,1
Floating Airtime___________________________,y,y,2
Abrupt Airtime_____________________________,y,y,3
Positive G's/Loops_________________________,y,y,4
Lateral Forces_____________________________,y,y,5
Sensation of Speed_________________________,y,y,6

COASTER NAME PARK LOC <--Please leave this
Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park DE,y,y,1
El Toro SFGAd NJ,y,y,2
Grand National Blackpool UK,y,n,3
Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ,y,n,4
Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool UK,y,n,5

Yeah I put Wodan above El Toro, what of it?
 
LewisNavex said:
Yeah I put Wodan above El Toro, what of it?
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You need to go to the doctors, something is clearly wrong!! El Toro craps all over Wodan!! ;)
 
I didn't do this poll!

I'm impressed with amount of coasters you lot have put in from BPB! :)

Megafobia cropping up too! I need to get to Oakwood obviously!
 
TheMan said:
I didn't do this poll!

I'm impressed with amount of coasters you lot have put in from BPB! :)

Megafobia cropping up too! I need to get to Oakwood obviously!
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Same. I sometimes find it odd that I've travelled to quite a few European parks and yet Oakwood has proved to be the one that's to hard to get to.
 
The official results have been released! :D

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Top ten is pretty similar, with Voyage and Boulder Dash swapping over. Balder has done pretty well, moving up two places!

UK rides and general rides of interest to TST, compared to last year:

Wodan TimburCoaster - new entry at #22
Megafobia - #37, down from #32
Grand National - #44, down from #40
Wild Mouse - #51, down from #47
Big Dipper - #77, down from #61
Roller Coaster (GY) - #116, down from #111
Nick Streak - #124, down from #92
Blue Flyer - #150, down from #149

I know there are more coasters in the poll than ever before, but it's still a spectacularly bad year for the UK! Quassy's bloody Wooden Warrior beat every UK coaster in the poll. :(
 
Am I seeing that right... Baby El Toro ranked Higher than Troy?!!

I mean, I know it looks good and all, but not quite that good! :p
 
Out of the people who have ridden both, 15 preferred 'baby' El Toro and 12 preferred Troy - the results last year were similar too, though last time El Toro won by a larger margin.

Both of the small Gravity Group woodies have held up well in the poll. I suspect their high ranking is at least partially due to them being relatively good for their size rather than being genuinely world class.

Now for the results of the TST poll, I've included the positions of each ride in the full poll for comparison:

[tt]MH TST Ride Park Riders Comp. W L T win% tbk
(1) 1 My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere 22 31 30 0 1 98.39
6 2 Balder Liseberg 2 11 10 0 1 95.45
13 3 Troy Toverland 5 25 23 2 0 92.00
1 = El Toro SFGAd 3 18 16 1 1 91.67
32 5 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix 9 27 23 3 1 87.04
22 6 Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park 14 31 25 4 2 83.87
10 7 Colossos Heide Park 6 27 22 5 0 81.48
36 8 Joris en de Draak W de Efteling 9 27 21 5 1 79.63
40 9 Joris en de Draak V de Efteling 9 27 20 6 1 75.93
37 10 Megafobia Oakwood 11 29 20 6 3 74.14
156 11 Mean Streak Cedar Point 3 26 17 8 1 67.31
51 12 Wild Mouse Blackpool 20 31 20 11 0 64.52
85 13 Robin Hood Walibi Holland 4 25 14 10 1 58.00
116 14 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth 4 13 7 6 0 53.85
44 15 Grand National Blackpool 23 31 16 14 1 53.23
96 16 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa 9 29 14 13 2 51.72
101 17 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa 7 29 13 14 2 48.28
61 18 Loup Garou Walibi Belgium 3 25 11 12 2 48.00
166 19 Coaster-Express Parque Warner Madrid 3 25 9 13 3 42.00
53 20 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm 2 16 5 10 1 34.38
77 21 Big Dipper Blackpool 22 31 9 20 2 32.26
65 22 Blue Streak Cedar Point 2 24 6 16 2 29.17
145 23 Tomahawk Port Aventura 6 31 7 20 4 29.03
143 24 Rolling Thunder SFGAd 4 26 6 18 2 26.92
113 25 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain 2 20 4 16 0 20.00
124 26 Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool 20 31 4 23 4 19.35
165 27 The Bandit Movie Park 9 28 5 23 0 17.86
127 28 Stampida Port Aventura 7 29 3 24 2 13.79
168 29 Anaconda Walygator Parc 3 25 2 22 1 10.00 0
162 = Tyrolean Tubtwist Joyland 3 10 0 8 2 10.00 0
163 31 Antelope Gulliver's World 5 22 1 21 0 4.55
150 32 Blue Flyer Blackpool 17 30 0 29 1 1.67 [/tt]

Due to the small sample size, I’ve included ballots from last year from anyone who didn’t resubmit this year (naming & shaming: Kieron, Joe Koopa, Badgy, D4n, Dylan and Mitch).

Like last year, sorting the top 4 is a bit of a nightmare as once again nobody taking this poll had ridden more than one of Troy, El Toro and Balder so they cannot be reliably compared. Troy and El Toro both lost on mutual riders to fav steel, whereas Balder tied 1-1, so this has been used to determine the ordering (win% is inaccurate due to the different number of valid comparisons). Troy’s other loss was to 5th placed Zeus whilst El Toro tied with 6th placed Wodan.

Wodan, Coaster-Express and Tyrolean Tubtwist make their first appearances on our poll. Our views on Wodan and Tubstwist are fairly consistent with the wider community but Coaster Express was far more popular amongst TST members (though it's sister ride, Bandit, was rather less popular). Similarly, Cedar Point's Mean Streak continues to exceed expectations on TST, whilst Stampida remains out of favour.

The steel poll should be available soon, so get thinking about your ballots!
 
Well people, the time has come, the Steel Coaster Poll is now live!! It can be found here, complete with a link to our very own Jordan's ballot helper :D

Soooo, get listing and ordering your favorite coasters, you have until the 28th Feb 2013!


I honestly don't even know where to begin with this! :p
 
Done mine :) here's my ballot:

Code: 
COASTER NAME          PARK                LOC <-LEAVE
iSpeed                Mirabilandia       IT,y,y,1
Nemesis               Alton Towers       UK,y,y,2
Katun                 Mirabilandia       IT,y,y,3
Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere  **,y,y,4
Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks   **,y,y,5
Blue Fire Megacoaster Europa Park        DE,y,y,6
OzIris                Parc Asterix       FR,y,y,7
Expedition GeForce    Holiday Park       DE,y,n,8
Raptor                Gardaland          IT,y,y,9
Silver Star           Europa-Park        DE,y,y,10
Black Mamba           Phantasialand      DE,y,n,11
Stealth               Thorpe Park        UK,y,y,12
Dragon Khan           Port Aventura      ES,y,n,13
The Swarm             Thorpe Park        UK,y,y,14
Oblivion              Alton Towers       UK,y,y,15
Furius Baco           Port Aventura      ES,y,n,16
Colossus              Thorpe Park        UK,y,y,17
Colorado Adventure    Phantasialand      DE,y,n,18
Superman la Atraccion Parque Warner Madr ES,y,y,19
Winjas - Force        Phantasialand      DE,y,n,20
Winjas - Fear         Phantasialand      DE,y,n,21
Euro-Mir              Europa-Park        DE,y,y,22
Air                   Alton Towers       UK,y,y,23
Euro-Sat              Europa-Park        DE,y,y,24
Mammut                Gardaland          IT,y,y,25
Thirteen              Alton Towers       UK,y,y,26
Ultimate              Lightwater Valley  UK,y,n,27
Abismo                Parque de Atraccio ES,y,y,28
Big Thunder Mountain  Disneyland Paris   FR,y,n,29
Shockwave             Drayton Manor      UK,y,n,30
Matterhorn Blitz      Europa-Park        DE,y,y,31
Goudurix              Parc Asterix       FR,y,y,32
Space Mountain        Disneyland Paris   FR,y,n,33
Shock                 Rainbow Magicland  IT,y,y,34
Vampire               Chessington        UK,y,n,35
Crush's Coaster       Walt Disney Paris  FR,y,n,36
Dragon's Fury         Chessington        UK,y,n,37
Nemesis Inferno       Thorpe Park        UK,y,y,38
Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris  FR,y,n,39
Poseidon              Europa-Park        DE,y,n,40
Trace Du Hourra       Parc Asterix       FR,y,y,41
Tarantula             Parque de Atraccio ES,y,y,42
Tornado               Parque de Atraccio ES,y,y,43
Olandese Volante      Rainbow Magicland  IT,y,y,44
Sonic Spinball        Alton Towers       UK,y,y,45
Saw - The Ride        Thorpe Park        UK,y,y,46
Rita                  Alton Towers       UK,y,y,47
Divertical            Mirabilandia       IT,y,y,48
Tsunami               M & D's            UK,y,n,49
Cagliostro            Rainbow Magicland  IT,y,y,50
Sequoia Adventure     Gardaland          IT,y,y,51
G Force               Drayton Manor      UK,y,n,52
Tornado               M & D's            UK,y,n,53
Indiana Jones et le t Disneyland Paris   FR,y,n,54
Schweizer Bobbahn     Europa-Park        DE,y,y,55
X:\No Way Out         Thorpe Park        UK,y,y,56
Temple of Nighthawk   Phantasialand      DE,y,n,57

My first year doing this :) big thanks to Jordan for the ballot helper, it made it so much easier :)

EDIT: Added all of my ballot now that I know how to, and yes I realise that I've missed out all the favourite assorted coasters... I didn't know what it meant because I'm an idiot :p
 
A word of caution - there are quite a few more "favourite..." lines this year, so you might want to check the instructions file for a list of coasters in each category.

Once again, I'll be running the TST poll using entries submitted in this thread, or send me a PM. I'll be posting mine tonight.
 
John said:
A word of caution - there are quite a few more "favourite..." lines this year, so you might want to check the instructions file for a list of coasters in each category.
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That's handy, thanks John. For those having trouble finding it the list starts about half way down the page.

My ballot will also be up later, don't want to miss any rides out ;)
 
Not really getting the whole ballot thing. I'm using Jordan's ballot helper and the list it's generated looks nothing like the list I made on the drag and drop box...?

EDIT - Doesn't matter I just edited the order on the ballot manually. This is my list:

Code: 
COASTER NAME          PARK               LOC <-LEAVE
Nemesis               Alton Towers       UK,y,y,1
Montu                 Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,y,2
Incredible Hulk       Islands of Adventu FL,y,y,3
Kraken                SeaWorld Orlando   FL,y,y,4
Chinese Fireball      Islands of Adventu FL,y,y,5
Kumba                 Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,y,6
Revenge of the Mummy  Universal Studios  FL,y,y,7
SheiKra               Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,y,8
Oblivion              Alton Towers       UK,y,y,9
Manta                 SeaWorld Orlando   FL,y,y,10
Hungarian Horntail    Islands of Adventu FL,y,y,11
Pepsi Max Big One     Blackpool P.B.     UK,y,y,12
Cheetah Hunt          Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,y,13
Expedition Everest    Disney Animal King FL,y,y,14
Rita                  Alton Towers       UK,y,y,15
Space Mountain        WDW Magic Kingdom  FL,y,y,16
Sonic Spinball        Alton Towers       UK,y,y,17
Thirteen              Alton Towers       UK,y,y,18
Rock n Roller Coaster Disney's H Studios FL,y,y,19
Air                   Alton Towers       UK,y,y,20
Journey to Atlantis   SeaWorld Orlando   FL,y,y,21
Big Thunder Mountain  WDW Magic Kingdom  FL,y,y,22
Hollywood Rip Ride Ro Universal Studios  FL,y,y,23
Avalanche             Blackpool P.B.     UK,y,y,24
Steeplechase          Blackpool P.B.     UK,y,y,25
 
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